trainer sock

English

Noun

trainer sock (plural trainer socks)

  1. (Britain) A short sock that covers the foot and beyond that not essentially more than the ankle.
    • 2011, Polly Williams, How To Be Married, Headline, page 135:
      Pulling my trainers off but retaining my sweaty black Primark trainer socks, I step into the heels, one foot – God, they're high – then the other.
    • 2022, Laila Woozeer, Not Quite White, Simon & Schuster, page 85:
      Next, I copied the standard uniform adjustments: rolled-up skirt, undone top button, trainer socks instead of regulation ankle ones. A girl in my class asked why I didn't shave my legs – I knew how to, right?

Translations
type of sock — see no show sock
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